SICILY'S BEST STREET FOOD
It was summer of 2016 when we got contacted by Jamie Oliver's magazine planning a food trip to Catania. For the occasion we arranged a private street food tour for Jamie's publisher Paul Dring and his photographer Matt. We took them to...

RICK STEIN IN PALERMO
The story begins with an email “we are coming to Palermo to shoot Rick Stein's long weekends. We like what you do and we would like to meet you and maybe feature you in the episode”. My first reaction was ”who the...

THE BIBLE OF ITALIAN CUISINE
20 fundamental principles to keep in mind to survive Italy
There is nothing called Italian cuisine. In italy you have 21 regions and 21 different cuisines. do not ask for pesto in Sicily, that’s Ligure! do not ask for carbonara in...

1. Pasta alla norma or Pasta ca' norma. Typical Catanese pasta. The right shape of pasta for this recipe is sedani rigati or rigatoni. It must be cooked al dente and dressed with fresh tomato sauce and fried cubes of eggplant. Do not dare to...

WHAT IS A CANNOLO?
Let's make it clear, the Cannolo is a typical Sicilian dessert. Do not dare to tell a Sicilian that you have already eaten a cannolo in Rome or in New York. There is no cannolo over the Strait of Messina. The cannolo...